Lucknow, Apr 24 (UNI) Police today arrested two people for selling and damaging a graveyard in the Uttar Pradesh capital.
SSP (Lucknow) Ashutosh Pandey said here Narendra Maurya had allegedly sold two bighas of a graveyard in Aashiana area here to Vimlesh Tiwari for Rs 4 crore.
The police swung into action when Tiwari was levelling the graveyard with bulldozers.
A case had been registered and the duo sent to jail.
The city police had launched a campaign against land mafias on April 6.
So far over 90 land sharks had been identified by a special cell -- set up recently -- to put a check on their activities.
UNI NAB VS YA GC1804
SSP (Lucknow) Ashutosh Pandey said here Narendra Maurya had allegedly sold two bighas of a graveyard in Aashiana area here to Vimlesh Tiwari for Rs 4 crore.
The police swung into action when Tiwari was levelling the graveyard with bulldozers.
A case had been registered and the duo sent to jail.
The city police had launched a campaign against land mafias on April 6.
So far over 90 land sharks had been identified by a special cell -- set up recently -- to put a check on their activities.
UNI NAB VS YA GC1804
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